Johnny Got His Gun

Name: Johnny Got His Gun
Author: Dalton Trumbo

by Dalton Trumbo

Anti-war novel depicting a disfigured WWI soldier trapped in his own consciousness

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Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo wrote the shattering antiwar novel Johnny Got His Gun before becoming a celebrated screenwriter and one of the Hollywood Ten. His principled stand against HUAC made him a symbol of resistance to McCarthyism.

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